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Mayor Karen Bass weighs deep cuts, including layoffs, as L.A.’s challenges mount
Bass, who releases her budget for 2025-26 on Monday, has been weighing whether or not to lay off more than 1,500 workers.
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Mayor Karen Bass Tackles Homelessness and Public Safety in Her State of the City Speech for Los Angeles
Mayor Karen Bass addressed Los Angeles' challenges, focusing on homelessness, public safety, and economic issues.
L.A. mayor proposes slashing more than 1,600 city jobs to close budget hole
Her proposal comes amid a slumping economy and an ongoing homeless crisis, while the city contends with the costly job of ...
Bass proposes laying off about 1,650 city workers, a quarter of them civilians at LAPD
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass released a proposed budget on Monday that would eliminate a nearly $1-billion financial gap by cutting more than 2,700 city positions — about 1,650 of them through layoffs ...
Will L.A. Ever Forgive Its Mayor for Being Abroad When the Wildfires Hit?
Los Angeles is rebuilding, but new crises are mounting and Mayor Karen Bass has been haunted by her absence when the fires ...
Karen Bass Plugs Hike in Film Tax Credit: ‘Let's Bring Hollywood Back'
"We have to win back our entertainment jobs," Bass said in the City Council chambers, calling Hollywood "our foundational ...
Three months after wildfire, Mayor Bass proposes adding more than 200 jobs to LAFD
Months after the most destructive wildfire in modern Los Angeles history, Mayor Karen Bass is seeking to add scores of new ...